If you ask a simple German today what he associates Estonia with, then the answer is probably euro. At least it seems to be the case in Grüne Woche, the world’s largest food fair where Estonia has its own 100 square metre show area. Instead of euros, Estonians working at the fair are trying to attract visitors by offering them beer, fish, bear meat and elk sausage. Estonia = euro, bears and beer.
As Roomet Sõrmus from the Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and the main organizer of Estonia’s display says, Grüne Woche today is more a political tradefair ...

Tallinn - A new centre for the training of government officials from countries wishing to join the European Union opened in Tallinn on Wednesday, boosting Estonia's reputation as one of the most progressive states to emerge from behind the Iron Curtain 20 years ago.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet formally opened the Centre of Eastern Partnership, which offers training courses to officials from the six European Union Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, and Ukraine - in an attempt to strengthen relations between these nations and the ...

Estonia's culture minister has confirmed that the country is set to continue with plans to revamp the national museum.Laine Janes has confirmed that the Estonian National Museum will continue to be located in the Raadi district of Tartu, reported Postimees/LETA.The plans to create a new building had faced opposition from the European Investment Bank, who believe that the Estonian National Museum should be relocated to the capital city of Tallinn in order to boost visitor numbers.However, Mr Janes stressed that it was vital for the whole of Estonia to benefit from the country's growing ...